► 名詞
便 [(1)びん] meaning: deliver rank: 2
☆ 荷物は特急便で送った ⇨ I sent the package using express delivery
便 [(1)びん] meaning: transport rank: 2
☆ 日本から米国に荷物を船便で送ると一ヶ月くらい掛かる (ふなびん) ⇨ It takes about a month when you send packages from Japan to the US by ship (☛ Note 船便 is pronounced “ふなびん”, not “ふねびん”)
☆ 朝の便と昼の便、どっちが良い？ ⇨ Which do you like, a morning flight or an afternoon flight? (☛ Usually flights or ships)
☆ 東京行きは一日三便有る ⇨ There are three Tokyo-bound flights per day (☛ Usually flights or ships)
便 [(1)べん] meaning: convenient rank: 2
☆ この辺は交通の便が良い ⇨ This area has an easy access to transportations
便 [(1)べん] meaning: feces rank: 2
☆ 彼女は便が出なくて困っている ⇨ She is struggling because she hasn’t been able to evacuate stools, has been constipated (☛ A neutral word. It can mean both urine and feces, but mostly feces)
More examples:
- 彼等は品不足に便乗して大儲けした ⇨ They made a lot of profits exploiting the shortage
- 携帯に便利な老眼鏡 ⇨ Easy-to-carry reading glasses
- この辺りは交通が不便だ ⇨ Transportation is not easily available in this area
- 注文の品を宅急便で客先に届けた ⇨ We delivered the ordered item to the customer by courier
- 和式の便所 ⇨ A traditional Japanese style toilet
- 公衆便所を汚して平気な奴等 ⇨ Those who mess up public restrooms and think nothing about it
- 彼は争いを穏便に収めようとした ⇨ He tried to solve the dispute discreetly and judiciously
- 大便をする時に痛みがある ⇨ I have pain while defecating
- 194便の乗客は10番ゲートから搭乗して下さい ⇨ The passengers for the flight 194, please board from No.10 gate
- 公衆便所 ⇨ A public restroom
- 駅前の郵便局 ⇨ A post office in front of the station
- これは郵便では送れない ⇨ You cannot send this by mail
- 彼等は便乗値上げをしている ⇨ They are doing a price-gouging
- 彼女は頻繁に便秘する ⇨ She is frequently constipated
- 壁を透視できたら便利だろうな ⇨ It will come in handy if you could see through a wall